GEF vs. ATS, UNF, YOU, CSTM, JBT, REZI, BRC, AIN, ALRM, and ATMU
Should you be buying Greif stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Greif include ATS (ATS), UniFirst (UNF), Clear Secure (YOU), Constellium (CSTM), John Bean Technologies (JBT), Resideo Technologies (REZI), Brady (BRC), Albany International (AIN), Alarm.com (ALRM), and Atmus Filtration Technologies (ATMU). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.
ATS (NYSE:ATS) and Greif (NYSE:GEF) are both mid-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings and institutional ownership.
Greif has a net margin of 6.53% compared to Greif's net margin of 5.89%. ATS's return on equity of 18.65% beat Greif's return on equity.
In the previous week, ATS had 7 more articles in the media than Greif. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for ATS and 2 mentions for Greif. ATS's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Greif's score of 0.05 indicating that Greif is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Greif has higher revenue and earnings than ATS. Greif is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ATS, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
75.8% of ATS shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.7% of Greif shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.1% of Greif shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ATS currently has a consensus price target of $48.00, suggesting a potential upside of 45.32%. Greif has a consensus price target of $77.25, suggesting a potential upside of 24.76%. Given Greif's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe ATS is more favorable than Greif.
Greif received 279 more outperform votes than ATS when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.75% of users gave Greif an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave ATS an outperform vote.
Summary
Greif beats ATS on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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